Linksys Atlas Pro 6 WiFi Router (3-Pack)

With a few dead zones in my second story and struggling with extenders and repeaters that don't seem to work, I decided to finally dip my toes into a mesh system. With many options to choose from - actually, not that much to be honest as there's only a few brands - I decided on Linksys as they're one of the top tier brands in networking solutions. Netgears were my second choice but I found their systems to be fairly pricey. TP-Link seems to be Amazon's choice but I'm intentionally avoiding them as they have security issues and potential backdoors for nefarious actors. This particular Linksys model seems to tick off all the boxes in terms of price point (picked it up during Prime Day) and features. Setting it up was a breeze. Everything happens through the Linksys app, which to be fair, is not the best app out there as its slow and laggy. On the upside, you don't need to access the app too much once you're set up. From the app, you connect the main router to your modem and then set up the two additional child nodes. From what it looks like, it seems that you can continually add more nodes if needed. For my square footage, 2 child nodes offered more than enough coverage. When the child nodes are connected, you can start moving them to other areas of the home. The app lets you know the signal strength and if you need to reposition them. Like I said, everything happens though the app, from setting up the WiFi name and password and managing your devices, as well as updating the router's firmware. I wish there were more granular controls to manage the home network but it seems that most mesh systems are controlled through an app nowadays. Linksys should really work on their app so its faster and less buggy to use. Nevertheless, it works...albeit a bit slow. What's NOT slow is the speed. Immediately, not only did my coverage increase, but overall speeds as well. My previous router was a Nighthawk and I thought it was doing pretty well pulling in 250Mbps+. With this Linksys mesh, my speeds increased drastically, reaching upwards of 380Mbps and even seeing 500Mbps. All of the dead zone's are resolved as well...my upstairs on good days reached 60Mbps with my old setup. With this Linksys, I'm pulling 280Mbps consistently. Extremely happy with this purchase. Since both of us work from home, with multiple Zoom calls daily, this was a spectacular upgrade. Sure its not the latest WiFi 7 tech but for my simple home network, the performance exceeds my expectations. Note: This mesh system combines your 2.4 and 5 GHz signals together into one SSID. I was a bit hesitant at first as I typically like to keep them apart for some of my dumber smart devices but the router does a pretty great job at auto-assigning and I have not encountered any issues at all.